I wonder what the original vision was with "educational broadcasts". If
you had the "A", "B", "C", "D", or "G" block then you had 16.5Mhz plus a
separate 6Mhz chunk about 60Mhz away.
Why a separate smaller channel if not for FDD? Nobody duplexes TV.
There's probably a dusty NPRM that explains the justification, but I can
see why cell companies wanted to lease it. I have to wonder if AT&T
lobbyists wrote the rules and educational use was just a politically
convenient justification. This is just me wondering, of course, this is
not a fact.
On 4/15/2020 9:59 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I believe the original intent was to use it for broadcast TV. I doubt
much of that ever happened. Consultants were out telling school
districts this was a gold mine, the government was giving out free
spectrum, and they should claim theirs and collect free money by
leasing the license, which is what happened.
*From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett
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I know hindsight is 20/20, but I'll bet some of those EBS license
holders wish they could undo their lease to Sprint and actually use it
for distance learning like it was originally for.
On 4/14/2020 6:12 PM, Eric Nielsen wrote:
From my understanding, the educational entities had to have
requested and been assigned a license back when the FCC was
issuing them. If they don't currently have a license they're out
of luck, as the band is being repurposed for commercial use.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 6:03 PM Steve Jones
<thatoneguyst...@gmail.com <mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>> wrote:
That's what I'm concerned about. The window is thin to get
into it. I know zero about it. Given the current state of
affairs, it would be ideal for that auction to halt. We are
positioned to partner with districts today and solve any
remaining gaps in rural education connectivity. It's going to
pop up come the 2020/2021 school year. In a perfect world, EBS
would move to a reserved public/private partnership state. Not
a lease for pay state. ie it's only available to school
districts or ISPs willing to prioritize education connections
in exchange for access to that districts lease.
Speaking of that. Are districts default entitled to x mhz?
How does that work. We have two districts in my town. Do each
get some or do they share and have to agree to sale/lease?
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020, 2:05 PM Eric Nielsen
<ericlniel...@gmail.com <mailto:ericlniel...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Keep in mind that this band will be auctioned in the
coming months. School districts are selling their EBS
licenses pretty regularly since the band can legally be
owned by commercial entities now. They’re charging a
premium for licenses and leases.
Comsearch can generate interactive maps showing the
percentage each block’s availability in each county of
interest.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 2:45 PM Steve Jones
<thatoneguyst...@gmail.com
<mailto:thatoneguyst...@gmail.com>> wrote:
If a guy wanted to find out what spectrum is available
to a school district, where would the guy start to
look? I assume ULS, but I wouldnt know where to begin even
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